William Harryman

"There’s a Buddhist practice I’ve been working with a lot lately. The Tibetan word for it is shenpa. Most of the time shenpa is translated as “attachment.” Pema Chodron translates it as hooked, or how we get hooked. She compares it to an itch we can’t help but scratch. Here’s a basic example of shenpa: Somebody makes a comment that rubs you the wrong way and something inside you tenses. That’s shenpa, you just got hooked." - William Harryman from Bookmarklet

"The symptoms of ADHD seen in pediatric patients may persist as patients enter adulthood.1,5,6 Some transformation of symptoms, particularly hyperactivity-impulsivity, may diminish or impairments are diminished by compensation. With mounting responsibilities at important developmental phases (school, job, marriage, children, job promotion), symptom manifestations and evident impairments change.5,7 Symptoms of inattention in adults may be expressed as difficulty finishing tasks, poor time management, difficulty sustaining attention when reading or doing paperwork, distractibility and forgetfulness, and poor concentration.5,7 Symptoms of hyperactivity can present in adults as subjective feelings of restlessness, fidgetiness, and inability to sit for extended periods of time.7 This may lead an adult to chose active outdoor jobs, exercise regularly, or thrill seeking. Impulsivity in adults may present as finishing or interrupting others’ sentences during conversation, impulsive job... more... - William Harryman from Bookmarklet

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"“There are three tools that the warrior uses on the path of fearlessness. The first is the development of discipline which is represented by the analogy of the sun. When the sun shines on the land, it doesn’t neglect any area. It does a thorough job. Similarly, as a warrior, you never neglect your discipline. We’re not talking about military rigidity here. Rather, in all your mannerisms, every aspect of behavior, you maintain your openness to the environment. You constantly extend yourself to things around you.” – Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, from “The Tools of Bravery, ” in Smile at Fear: Awakening the True Heart of Bravery. Via Ocean of Dharma." - William Harryman from Bookmarklet

"For meditation to happen, calm and auspicious conditions have to be created. Before we have mastery over our minds, we need first to calm their environment. At the moment, our minds are like a candle flame: unstable, flickering, constantly changing, fanned by the violent winds of our thoughts and emotions. The flame will burn steadily only when we can calm the air around it; so we can only begin to glimpse and rest in the nature of mind when we have stilled the turbulence of our thoughts and emotions. On the other hand, once we have found a stability in our meditation, noises and disturbances of every kind will have far less impact." - William Harryman from Bookmarklet

"It's not just your genes that determine who you are, but which of those genes are turned on, or expressed, and to what degree they are expressed -- a cutting-edge field called epigenetics. While you can't control which genes you pass on to your child, you do have some influence over which genes are expressed, affecting what features are seen in your baby (his phenotype). In this chapter, after giving you a brief refresher on the basic biology of what happens after your life-changing evening of romantic rasslin', we're going to introduce you to a new subject: YOU-ology -- how what you eat, breathe, and even feel can affect the long-term health of your child." - William Harryman from Bookmarklet

"Q: So, how does sitting still, upright, and resisting the temptation to move, focus and clear the mind? A: It is, indeed, a helpful technique. First, holding a styled position requires attention—attention brought to bear on the present situation—and so random thoughts are less likely to distract the mind. Second, the decisiveness in the mind that intends to be awake and present—“I’m doing this now”—also guards against distraction. And third, the mind itself, in a context of simplicity, has the natural tendency to return to ease. (I often think about the snow globes with lovely scenes at their center, scenes hidden from view as long as the “snow” is shaken up. Once the globe is left alone on a steady surface, the snow settles, and what is meant to be seen is revealed.) -Sylvia Boorstein, "On the Cushion," Tricycle, Summer 2002" - William Harryman from Bookmarklet

"A new analysis by a leading MIT economist provides new ammunition for Democrats as the Senate begins formally debating the historic health-reform bill being pushed by President Barack Obama. The report concludes that under the Senate’s health-reform bill, Americans buying individual coverage will pay less than they do for today's typical individual market coverage, and would be protected from high out-of-pocket costs. So Democrats will argue that under the Senate bill, Americans would pay less for more." - William Harryman from Bookmarklet

"This month's 60 Minutes/ Vanity Fair Poll probes the American psyche on topics such as whether they can explain "the public option" ( they can't) or what people will be doing at their company holiday parties if they have one to go to ( half don't). We also attempt to determine people's opinions on subjects such as the future of the U. S. Postal Service, the legitimacy of domestic militias, recovering lost artifacts, participating in national ceremonies and more. We begin with a monumental question; the greatest civilizations in history, such as Egypt, Greece and Rome, were prolific at building monuments to themselves, and America is no exception." - William Harryman from Bookmarklet

"Bodhidharma tore off his eyelids. Jack Kornfield’s teacher told him to meditate at the edge of a well. The Buddhist tradition is full of stories of practitioners who have found unique techniques for stimulating and maintaining their practice. In fact, anyone who has sat on a zafu more than once probably came up with a trick or two for staying there. To tap into this resource, we’ve asked seasoned Buddhist teachers and longtime practitioners to share their favorite meditating tools. Check out what they have to offer." - William Harryman from Bookmarklet

"How can companies get the best possible performance out of their employees? Let them do whatever they want! And furthermore, don’t offer incentives. Sound counter-intuitive? Not if you look at what research has shown regarding the economics of motivation. According to Dan Pink (lawyer, speech writer, author, and career analyst), the way to get the best original ideas out of people is to cut back on restrictions and rules regarding output, and stop offering incentives for work produced. This may sound a little backwards, but science has shown that sometimes when we offer rewards for output or production, it effects the quality of the ideas or work as opposed to offering no incentive. In his TED Global 2009 talk last month, Pink said, “There is a disconnect between what science knows and what business does.” And he adds, “Traditional notions of management work great if you want compliance, but if you want engagement, self-direction works best.”" - William Harryman from Bookmarklet

"You can think of the nature of mind like a mirror, with five different powers or "wisdoms." Its openness and vastness is the "wisdom of all-encompassing space," the womb of compassion. Its capacity to reflect in precise detail whatever comes before it is the "mirrorlike wisdom." Its fundamental lack of any bias toward any impression is the "equalizing wisdom." Its ability to distinguish clearly, without confusing in any way the various different phenomena that arise, is the "wisdom of discernment." And its potential of having everything already accomplished, perfected, and spontaneously present is the "all-accomplishing wisdom."" - William Harryman from Bookmarklet

"Seek the support of a Power Beyond the Self. Dogen says, 'Throw body and mind into the house of Buddha, so that all is done by Buddha.' If we rely only upon our own resources in trying to develop a meditation practice, we will quickly exhaust ourselves. It is important to know that the Buddha himself supports us in all kinds of ways, some easy to recognize (through the teaching passed down from master to disciple, for instance), and some not. Some of those supports become visible to us only when we believe in the Buddha. Belief in Buddhahood as a Power Beyond the Self can encourage us when nothing else seems to work. That statue on your altar isn’t just a decorating idea. - Clark Strand, "Meditator's Toolbox," Tricycle, Fall 2007" - William Harryman from Bookmarklet

"Training is evolving as society evolves. Evolution is moving through a number of stages (or waves if you prefer) at each training looks very different. Trainers, coaches and training managers can be functioning from different stages from the organisations that they serve, which with this awareness can be positive but without can be disastrous for all involved. The stages training is evolving through can be mapped using any number of systems - however I will focus here on Spiral Dynamics which focuses on values and is associated with Don Beck and Chris Cowan based on the work of Clare W Graves. It uses a colour system to tag the different levels/ value sets. Here is what training looks like from a number of the "levels" - the growth being greater inclusion and effectiveness" - William Harryman from Bookmarklet

"The idea that the adult brain changes with experience was once a radical idea, but it is now well accepted that certain areas—say, the motor cortex, when learning a new physical skill—can grow new neurons or create stronger connections. Now scientists report that the brain is even more mutable than suspected. Thanks to an unconventional research technique, neuroscientists have found the first physical proof that new experiences and information have wide-ranging effects throughout both hemispheres of the brain, rather than just creating connections in one discrete area." - William Harryman from Bookmarklet

"Fundamentalists fired volleys of Left Behind novels, in which Jesus returns to Earth to battle the Anti-Christ (whose day job was secretary general of the United Nations). Meanwhile, devout atheists built mocking Web sites like www.whydoesGodhateamputees.com. That site notes that although believers periodically credit prayer with curing cancer, God never seems to regrow lost limbs. It demands an end to divine discrimination against amputees. This year is different, with a crop of books that are less combative and more thoughtful. One of these is “The Evolution of God,” by Robert Wright, who explores how religions have changed — improved — over the millennia. He notes that God, as perceived by humans, has mellowed from the capricious warlord sometimes depicted in the Old Testament who periodically orders genocides. Mr. Wright detects an evolution toward an image of God as a more beneficient and universal deity, one whose moral compass favors compassion for humans of whatever race or tribe, one who is now firmly in the antigenocide camp." - William Harryman from Bookmarklet

"The relationship between the two sides of the brain became a hot topic in the 1960s after a spate of operations on epilepsy patients to sever the main connections between their hemispheres. These “split-brain” subjects generally found that their fits became less debilitating, and they functioned normally in everyday life. But when experimenters found ways to feed information to just one of their disconnected hemispheres, such bizarre things started to happen that some researchers reckoned they were dealing with two independent spheres of consciousness in a single person. In recent decades a great deal more about the sides of the brain has been learned, mainly by studying stroke patients, and from imaging techniques that reveal which parts of the brain are most active when performing various tasks." - William Harryman from Bookmarklet

"Action is being truly observant of your own thoughts, good or bad, looking into the true nature of whatever thoughts may arise, neither tracing the past nor inviting the future, neither allowing any clinging to experiences of joy, nor being overcome by sad situations. In so doing, you try to reach and remain in the state of great equilibrium, where all good and bad, peace and distress, are devoid of true identity. DUDJOM RINPOCHE" - William Harryman from Bookmarklet

"Sometimes modern people misunderstand Buddhism’s focus on the individual human journey as well as its injunction to people to find out who they are and to seek their own ultimate fulfillment. With our Western suspicions of meditation, of looking within— and, frankly, our fear of being alone—not infrequently, we tend to reject the inward looking of Buddhism as somehow disconnected from the social context and disloyal to it. If Buddhism were a static tradition with an unchanging interpretation of what people are and of how they need to engage their world, such suspicions would have some merit. But Buddhism is nothing other than a set of practices to open up the mysteries of the human heart and the deepest realities of our human experience as those exist, uniquely in us, right at this moment. And the human heart is not personal: the more we fathom our own hearts, the more we find there the being of others and, beyond that, the very heart of the world itself. - Reginald Ray, "Looking Inward, Seeing Outward," Tricycle, Spring 2009" - William Harryman from Bookmarklet

"Internet addiction is a murky and controversial disorder that is the subject of intense debate over whether it should be included in the new DSM-V. Here are the proposed diagnostic criteria as developed by Dr. Kimberly Young: 1. Do you feel preoccupied with the Internet (think about previous online activity or anticipate next online session)? 2. Do you feel the need to use the Internet with increasing amounts of time in order to achieve satisfaction? 3. Have you repeatedly made unsuccessful efforts to control, cut back, or stop Internet use? 4. Do you feel restless, moody, depressed, or irritable when attempting to cut down or stop Internet use? 5. Do you stay on-line longer than originally intended? 6. Have you jeopardized or risked the loss of significant relationship, job, educational or career opportunity because of the Internet? 7. Have you lied to family members, therapist, or others to conceal the extent of involvement with the Internet? 8. Do you use the Internet as a way of... more... - William Harryman from Bookmarklet

"You'll no doubt have seen the story, reported around the world this week, of Rom Houben, a 46-year-old Belgian who is said to have been conscious for 23 years while doctors believed him to be in a coma. You may have read quotes attributed to Houben, such as "I will never forget the day they finally discovered what was wrong. It was my second birth", and wondered who is the woman in the photos, who holds Houben's hand while he supposedly types his messages into a special computer. It was the presence of this woman – Houben's "helper" – that set alarm bells ringing among sceptics, including James Randi, who suspected that a discredited technique known as "facilitated communication" was being used to produce the words attributed to Houben. On our website we have just published a piece by Nicholas Pearson, in which he examines the Houben story and explains the contrioversial history of facilitated commuinication." - William Harryman from Bookmarklet

Is he really conscious, or is this a scam? - William Harryman

"A new study from Harvard University in conjunction with the Center for Disease Control found that Omega-3 deficiency causes 96,000 deaths every year, making it the 8th leading cause of death! Andrew Shao, PhD, vice president of scientific & regulatory affairs at the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), had this to say: “I think this analysis reinforces the long-held notion that the diet has a tremendously powerful impact on health and longevity and that the consumption of omega-3’s (along with fruits and veggies) by Americans is far from adequate.”" - William Harryman from Bookmarklet

Omega-3 deficiency contributes to some of the first 7 causes as well, like obesity, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol - William Harryman

"Michelangelo wrote some wonderful sonnets; Constable's correspondence has a fascinating tough-tenderness; most visualisers have, with varying degrees of success, tried to match words to their images. But Van Gogh's letters are the best written by any artist. Engrossing, moving, energetic and compelling, they dramatise individual genius while illuminating the creative process in general. No wonder readers have long since taken them to heart. No wonder, either, that singers have used them in their songs ("Starry Night"), and film-makers as the basis of their movies (Lust for Life). Their mixture of humble detail and heroic aspiration is quite simply life-affirming." - William Harryman from Bookmarklet

"I’m fascinated by what successful people do. Krista Scott-Dixon is a successful person. Krista’s not a natural jock. She spent her first 23 years as an unathletic bookworm. She was picked last for teams and faked illnesses to get out of gym class. She understands the struggles that people face when trying to get and stay in shape. In order to become an authority on fitness, she had to lose 50 pounds herself and conquer her genetics and fear of the gym. At this point in her life, she is still fit and healthy. Krista has competed in BJJ and grappling and currently stays active by training in boxing, judo, BJJ, cycling, running, rock climbing, and weight training. Krista earned her PhD in Women’s Studies from York University in 2002 and serves as the research director for the Healthy Food Bank and the editor-in-chief of Spezzatino magazine. Both projects promote good nutrition and the joy of eating well. Krista’s perhaps best known for her gym rat alter ego “Mistress Krista” and her website Stumptuous.com. She’s also a top coach for the Lean Eating Program." - William Harryman from Bookmarklet

didn't mention this before, but that is some SERIOUS squat depth in the photo - impressive - William Harryman